Friend Claire Saxby has launched Emu
(illustrator Graham Byrne, publisher, Walker Books Australia).
The shelf I have dedicated to my picture book collection, is starting to
bow – thanks Claire! My favourite is always the one I'm using at the moment.
This week I have been up to my kneecaps with very young people so There was and
Old Sailor has been getting a big work out.
Claire has been steadily adding to the list
of beautifully illustrated nonfiction titles available for older children. With Kangaroo and now Emu, the marriage of her rich text with Graham Byrne’s illustrations is evocative of arid Australia and the
monumental animals that the stride and leap through the bush.
Emu was launched at my local independent
bookshop Book and Paper on National Independent Bookshop Day. The window is
wonderful celebration of Claire Saxby’s achievement in the world of Children’s
books.
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